Age - Teen Speak
English Language: AQA A Level, topic 3.2.5
Age - Teen Speak
In a question on social groups, analysing teen speak (the language of teenagers) is always a safe bet.
Anna-Brita Stenström (2014)
- Stenstrom states that there are many features that make-up teen speak. A few of these include:
- Slang.
- Conversational overlapping.
- Shortening of words.
- Taboo and expletives.
Sali Tagliamonte
- Over a number of years of linguistic research, Sali Tagliamonte has produced many theories about how teenagers use language. These include:
- Teenagers have gained a mastery in a new set of registers.
- ‘Like’ as a quotative verb is on the increase in anecdotes.
- Almost a quarter of all adjectives are intensified.
De Klerk
- De Klerk states that teenagers have a freedom which allows them to rebel against the linguistic norms to mark themselves as different to others.
Test yourself on Age - Teen Speak
Who argued that teenagers have a freedom which allows them to rebel against the linguistic norms to mark themselves as different to others?